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Today “a masterpiece that will go down in history” arrives on Netflix, thanks to an original approach to a unique science fiction story

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Netflix just released ‘Glimpses of tomorrow’the first series that Kyoto Animation produces exclusively for the platform, and it does so with a certainly tragic background: almost eight years have passed since the studio confirmed the adaptation. A year after the announcement, a man entered the studio offices with gasoline and set the building on fire. 36 people died and another 32 were injured. The author was sentenced to death in 2024, and the attack destroyed much of the studio’s materials and equipment, and with them, any progress that existed on the project. In any case, the series has survived the tragedy, and it imagines a Kyoto of 1907 where electricity was never developed and steam became the dominant technology, leaving the city permanently covered in smoke. As a child, the protagonist invented projects that he captured in a notebook called the Electrical Catalog of the 20th Century, together with his older brother. He took that notebook to the war and never returned. The protagonist, now an adult and in the company of a young woman who is trying to escape an arranged marriage, will embark on a search for the treasure of his childhood. Minoru Ōta directs the series in his first project as a director. He had previously worked as a key animator on ‘Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!’ and ‘Liz and the Blue Bird’, and as episode director on ‘Kobayashi-san’s Dragon Maid’. It is he himself who said that “‘Flashes of Tomorrow’ is a work that will remain engraved in the history of anime“. An unusual statement coming from someone directing his first project. But the truth is that the series is raising expectations: before reaching Netflix, a tour of cinema screenings was held in Japan, the United Kingdom, Thailand and North America that started on June 14, in addition to a screening at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. All of this is part of the effort that Netflix is ​​making to include more anime in its programming: it has announced eight series and three movies for 2026 in Japan. In Xataka | Today the best science fiction series of the moment returns, with a twist in its story that has given it a perfect score

Commodore has launched a retro smartphone that blocks browsers, Instagram or TikTok. It is garish, original and expensive

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My first computer was a Commodore C64, so you will understand that this news hits a nerve with me. The brand, purchased last year by YouTuber Christian “Peri Fractic” Simpson, has now risen from the ashes with the surprising release of Commodore Callback 8020. We are looking at a smartphone with a retro aesthetic that also draws attention for its focus: the idea here is not to compete with the iPhone or the best Android phones, but rather help us not be glued to the cell phone so much since the telephone is above all that: a telephone. Commodore Callback 8020. This launch wants to take advantage of this growing trend of some manufacturers of resurrect “dumb phones”: cell phones that are capped as standard so that we can detoxify a little of that addiction that we usually have to screens. And to do this, this peculiar device does something mercilessly: block access to all types of applications and platforms Neither TikTok nor Instagram. The Callback 8020 has internet access, but by default it blocks both access to web browsers and social networks. It does so according to the company’s announcement “at the system level using a technology that is pending patent.” The device is therefore not a friend of Instagram or TikTok, but it does allow access to other internet services, such as maps or reading QR codes. Banned browsers. The brand also has its own app store, called Commostore, and to limit access to unwanted applications they have a white list, and as Simpson said at Ars Technica“social networks and browsers will never enter that white list.” Nothing about doomscrolling. Not only that: they cannot be installed using common installation methods either. sideloading. Although the current owner of the brand states that other applications can be installed through this process, this will be blocked in the case of social media apps or browsers. According to Simpson, “we’ve drawn a clear line in the sand around any app that is aimed at doomscrolling“. To avoid this at all costs, the firm indicates that they have blocked access to certain services at the DNS level “so even if you manage to install TikTok, you will not be able to access its servers.” Sailfish OS as heart. We are facing a device that uses Sailfish OS as its operational system. This development, created in 2012 by the company Jolla, allows you to install and run Android applications (99%, says Simpson), although its focus is privacy. Thus, it is perfectly possible to use tools such as Spotify, Signal or WhatsApp. The bet is completed with a very nice detail: Commodore includes some games from the C64 era to be able to enjoy them on this mobile. Limited but functional. The mobile’s specifications sheet is modest: it has a MediaTek Helio G81 SoC, 4 GB of RAM, 64 GB capacity (with microSD slot), 3.25″ internal IPS screen (480×640), 1.77″ external VFD screen, as well as a “Dome-LED” notification system. Connectivity is resolved with LTE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support, and we have a 48 MP rear camera and an unspecified front camera that does have autofocus. The battery is 1,550 mAh and recharges via USB-C. Retro notifications. The mobile allows you to receive notifications, but instead of traditional messages in popup format, the Callback 8020 makes use of a small LED screen on the front cover that displays characters with a very retro design reminiscent of the old calculators from the 70s and 80s. Eighties sounds. Audio includes a music player for the 8-bit SID chip, which was used in the original C64. It also has, of course, an integrated DAC, an F radio and a 3.5 mm jack. There are even in-ear headphones included in the box. Shell format, interchangeable shells. The design of the mobile phone itself is most peculiar: it adopts a clamshell format, which makes the interior screen relatively small in size, and it has a physical keyboard and a small directional pad on top of that keyboard. The outer shell can be exchanged. Commodore Callback 8020, in its Founders Edition variant, at $640. Source: Commodore. lor retro is not at all cheap. The price ranges between $500 and $640 depending on the variant chosen — the most expensive is the Founders Edition, with gold tints. It is a high price if one only looks at the specifications and design, but that is not what you pay with this mobile. What you pay is more for the nod to nostalgia and for the system that tries to prevent us from being glued to the screen. We are faced with a different concept, which may be shocking and strange, but which tries to solve a problem and also do so with an original approach. I don’t know if the original Commodore would have made a mobile like that, but one thing is certain: the launch is, to say the least, original, loud and brave. That’s something. In Xataka | While the Spectrum and Commodore 64 were triumphing around the world, there was a terrible problem in Japan: kanji

“It’s not like Europe, there aren’t many more original art forms here”

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Clint Eastwood has been convinced for decades that the Western is one of the few things that the United States can truly call its own. The irony is that it was filming in Almería under the orders of a director from Rome that revitalized and updated the genre. He was there, but he still thinks that there are few things as American as the Westen. Original art. In recent statementsEastwood stated that “Honestly, America is not like Europe. There aren’t many original art forms here. Most of them are derived from European art forms. Aside from Western, jazz or blues, that’s all that’s really original.” And there is nothing disdainful in his words, although it may seem like it: Eastwood rather seems to vindicate the genuinely North American nature of the Western, although the evolution of the genre and the actor’s own filmography have made it clear that, at this point, it is one of the most bastard genres in the history of cinema. Western, jazz and blues. In fact, we could dwell on the very precise enumeration of artistic forms that Eastwood considers purely North American. The blues emerged from the deep south and the experience of slavery. Jazz, from New Orleans, at a cross between the African heritage and the music that European immigrants brought from their countries. Finally, the Western speaks of the border in perpetual movement, of the clash between European “civilization” and what it finds in its path (mainly, natives who defend themselves as best they can). They are three artistic forms born from tension, conflict and miscegenation, which explains a lot about the way of being of the country’s inhabitants. And yes, they are purely North American because all three are firmly rooted in the history and philosophy of an unusually young country. An American in Italy. Before 1964, Eastwood was a television actor moderately known for the series ‘Rawhide’. But that year, Sergio Leone signed him for ‘A Fistful of Dollars’‘, an Italian-Spanish-German co-production filmed between the Cinecittà studios in Rome and the Cabo de Gata Natural Park in Almería. The success of the film launched the Dollar Trilogy, completed with ‘Death Had a Price’ and ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, which established Eastwood as an international figure of the genre. A new character. Eastwood was more than just a protagonist for the trilogy: he was a new type of gunslinger: John Ford and John Wayne’s cowboys were moral heroes, protecting the weak and serving a code of honor. The Nameless Man of the Dollar Trilogy acts for money, switches sides without problems, and his moral compass is arid and often indecipherable, like the landscape of Almería. Eastwood in America. The actor understood that vision and when he returned to his country, he modulated it to his liking, with westerns that are not a nostalgic tribute to the classics of the genre, but rather a dissection that takes into account what Leone and his many imitators contributed to the western. ‘Hell of Cowards’, ‘The Pale Horseman’ or, above all, ‘Unforgiven’ examine the violence of the West without glamor or redemption. “Killing is not right and it is not romantic,” he came to say. The recognition. It is worth remembering that ‘Unforgiven’ won the Oscar for Best Film and Best Director in 1993. Before it, only ‘Cimarrón’ in 1931 and ‘Dances with Wolves’ in 1990 had won. That is to say, for the film industry to finally recognize the importance of the genre, it had to undertake a long journey of reinvention and self-observation in which the European vision had a lot to do with it. In Xataka | Today on HBO Max: the latest film directed by one of the greatest masters in the history of cinema

that the birds recover their original song

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Noise is an invisible pollutant, but its effects can be seen. To begin with, the natural soundstage changes, altering the behavior of animals and affects health of humans and other species. It is true that in cities noise pollution is usually overshadowed by other pollution such as air or water quality, but its consequences are equally tangible. At the beginning of this century, studies on urban birds They found that noise caused by human activity causes birds to sing at higher frequencies to avoid masking traffic, a source of low-frequency noise. What Paris has achieved. As collects the paper published in Oxford Academicthe French capital has been fighting noise for decades directly and indirectly, especially focused on traffic, which shows a transformation in its urban mobility: it has gone from having 250 kilometers of bicycle lanes in 2003 to 800 kilometers in 2023, recycling traditional traffic lanes, with sound-absorbing asphalt, lowering speed limits, the expansion of electric vehicles and the installation of acoustic chambers capable of detecting and fining the noisiest vehicles (the famous “Medusa radars“). The result is obvious: the government agency Bruitparif demonstrates that Paris is today approximately three decibels quieter than it was almost 20 years ago (since 2008). It may not seem like much, but it is worth remembering that the decibel scale is logarithmic and that in practice this reduction represents approximately half of the previous sound intensity. Why is it important. The WHO is clear: Noise is the second most harmful environmental stressor for health in Europe (behind air pollution) and prolonged exposure to it increases the risk of cardiac ischemia, hypertension and sleep disorders in humans. The European Environment Agency details in its 2025 report that noise contributes to 49,000 new cases of ischemic heart disease annually on the continent. The prestigious The Lancet states in this paper that nocturnal noise causes sleep fragmentation, which raises blood pressure and, in the long term, damages the endothelium. If we stick to birds and their song, it is something like human language: they are culturally transmitted from generation to generation and changes in song are also learned by individuals of the same species in the environment. But it goes beyond changing a sound: it affects your ability to attract a mate, warn of danger, defend your territory or simply communicate. And be careful because this also affects other species such as whales because of the noise of the boats either the bats. This other one study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B which analyzes 160 species of birds since 1990 found that noise significantly impacts communication, risk behaviors, feeding, aggression and physiology, with a clear negative effect on reproduction. Context. He Noise Prevention Plan in the Environment of Paris seeks to transform the French capital into a more livable city, becoming a living laboratory where urban planning and sensory planning combine to try to curb the impact of decades of acoustic degradation due to automobile dependency. For the study of Parisian birds, the great tit is the sentinel, using recordings of its songs both in the center of Paris and in the Fontainebleau forest as a wild reference. This observation is not new: already in 2006 a study showed that the chickadees that sing under the Eiffel Tower did so with a minimum frequency 400 Hz higher than those that sang in the Fontainebleau forest. This pattern has been replicated in other cities and species and the result is the same: it is common for birds to increase the minimum frequency of song in response to urban noise. The pending subject. Even though noise has decreased, Parisian tits continue to sing with significantly higher minimum frequencies than non-urban birds, and these frequencies have not decreased along with noise reduction. The explanation, according to the research teamis the cultural mechanism: young birds learn to sing by imitating the adults in their environment and for decades the only adults available to teach them sang high because it was the only way to make themselves heard. Now the city is quieter, but there are no teachers who sing gravely to learn. The habit persists even if the original cause has diminished. San Francisco in COVID-19 leads the way: during the pandemic background noise was reduced by about seven decibels and the white-crowned sparrow responded by singing at lower frequencies. Nature is speaking loud and clear: the reduction achieved by Paris is real but insufficient. In Xataka | China was the great polluter of the planet: now it is emerging as the first “electrostate” in history In Xataka | If the question is whether a skyscraper can be erased without demolishing it, Paris has the answer: yes, in exchange for a fortune Cover | Noureddine BOUABDALLAH and Alexander Kagan

If your renovation is a pain, think about the house that cost 120 times more than its original cost: a masterpiece

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Renovate a house It is usually an exhausting experience: budgets that skyrocket, structural unforeseen events, provisional solutions that end up being permanent. Now imagine that this home is not just any apartment, but one of the great icons of the 20th century, visited by millions of people and examined to the millimeter by historians, engineers and conservators. Then the reform stops being a domestic problem and becomes a continuous battle against time. Thus an icon was born. The assignment that changed a career The year was 1934 when Edgar J. Kaufmann commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright a weekend house next to a waterfall in Bear RunPennsylvania. The architect then took an unprecedented decision: He decided not to look at the water from afar, but to literally build on it. The work, built between 1936 and 1938, almost immediately became in a manifesto of organic architecture: concrete terraces that float over the waterfall, local stone walls that sprout from the rock, spaces that open to the forest as if the house were an extension of the landscape. By January 1938 he already occupied the same cover of time and critics proclaimed it one of the great masterpieces in the history of architecture, one capable of reconcile modernity and nature in an unforgettable image. It happens that there is always a “but” in a work, and one like this was no different. Yes. That perfect image had a disproportionate price from day one. The original cost exceeded the planned budget almost four times and reached approximately $155,000 of the time, a figure equivalent to about 3.3/3.5 million current dollars. Added to this were Wright’s own fees and the expenses derived from a complex execution in a unique but remote environment, so that the project was born already financially stressed. What should be a weekend country house became a total commitment, technical and economic, to materialize a radical vision. And we come to the material that has given the work its name, although it almost took everything away. The gesture that made Fallingwater world famous, its large columnless cantilevers over the waterfall, was also its Achilles heel. During the work, the engineer in charge of concrete warned that only eight reinforcing bars had been placed on a main beam and that, for a span of that length, it should have been duplicated steel. However, Wright rejection the objections, arguing that adding more reinforcement would damage the structure and demanding absolute confidence in their judgment. The contractor, without warning, decided to increase the steel anyway. Even so, when removing the formwork the first cantilever deformed more than four centimeters and was left with a permanent arrow that today translates into a visible slope close to two degrees. And the cracks came before inhabiting it The problems were neither theoretical nor late. Even before the Kaufmann family moved in in 1937, there were already documented leaks and cracks on the concrete parapets. As the decades passed, some balconies began to sink. more than 20 centimeters with respect to its original position, and in the nineties engineers found that the cantilevers they had failed technically and required urgent reinforcements to avoid greater risk. The house that seemed to defy gravity rested on a more fragile balance than the iconic photograph suggested. If the waterfall was the soul of the project, the rain and snow were its nightmare. Flat roofs, terraces that function as roofs for lower rooms and masonry walls holes filled with rubble They made it easier for water to find invisible paths into the interior. So much so that since the 1940s the house was nicknamed with irony by its owners for the number of buckets needed to collect leaks, and almost ninety years later an intervention of 7 million dollars intended to seal covers, inject more than a dozen tons of grout on the walls and improve waterproofing. It didn’t matter the crazy price that had been used previously, many leaks they returned with time. The overhang of the living room seen from the bridge leading to the house At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, a structural restoration was undertaken that would be decisive: the beams were drilled and introduced steel cables post-tensioned to “pull” the concrete and recover part of its original position. That operation prevented the sinking will progressbut it did not eliminate the need for ongoing maintenance. To give us an idea, from 1937 to today, the preservation of Fallingwater has already exceeded 19 million dollars, a figure multiplied by about 120 times the initial cost of construction and which illustrates the extent to which keeping the icon standing has been more expensive than its own creation. In 1963 the Kaufmann family donated the house to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, which opened it to the public the following year. Since then, more than 6 million of people have visited it, and its status as a National Historical Monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site consolidated his status as one of the masterpieces of the 20th century. Paradoxically, the same audacity that generated the cracks, deformations and leaks is what gave it its symbolic force: Fallingwater, or The Falling House, embodies the rhetoric of the American dream of merging with nature and dominating it at the same time, even when that ambition required paying an enormous structural and economic price. The history of this icon shows that architectural genius is not exempt material risk. Wright’s possibly exaggerated authorship, his conviction towards engineers and contractors, and his willingness to take concrete further of prudent limitsproduced a work that was both sublime and problematic. If you will, it is also an imperfect building that has needed decades of disagreements, revisions and reinforcements to remain standing. And precisely for that reason, more than a frozen postcard over a waterfall, Fallingwater It is proof that great works are born from the tension between vision and reality, and that even masterpieces can always be, literally, at the edge of the … Read more

Science has discovered that the original “home” of primates was the cold of the north

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The mental image is almost universal: an ape-like ancestor jumping among vines in a hot, humid jungle. For almost a century, paleoanthropology has assumed that primates are children of the tropics, however, an ambitious study published in PNAS by researcher Jorge Avaria-Llautureo and his team has blown up this paradigm, since they have seen that the primates were not looking for the sun. The ‘Tropical Dogma’. Until now, the predominant theory regarding evolution pointed out that primates evolved in warm, stable climateswhere food, such as fruits, were available all year round. In this way, it would only be millions of years later when some species had ventured into more hostile climates such as extreme cold. A great twist of script. Science has changed this paradigm by analyzing data from none other than 66 million years of history. To do this they have crossed the fossil record with climatic reconstructions that were made with great precision to see that the ancestors of all current primates originated in environments that had significantly low temperatures. Nothing to do with the tropical and arid landscapes that we may have had in mind until now. Survival training. How is it possible that a species that we associate with the jungle was born in areas that today would be equivalent to temperate or even boreal forests? The answer is in the adaptability. Science points in this case to the fact that early primates lived at high latitudes in the northern hemisphere, as is Eurasia and North America. And at that time, they were not constant paradises, since the animals had to deal with months of cold where the plants did not bear fruit. Your adaptation. This forced primates to stop being “fruit specialists” and become generalists capable of eating insects, shoots or bark, when the weather got bad enough. And this was crucial for their biology, since their metabolism was forced to adapt to these extreme conditions, which resulted in a brutal competitive advantage when they finally expanded. The researchers point out that this metabolic adaptation to tolerate adverse climates was the basis on which their evolutionary success was based. The paradox of the Tropics. If they were born in the cold, why do almost everyone live on the equator today? The study reveals a fascinating phenomenon: southward migration. And as the global climate changed, primates moved towards tropical bands. There they found an environment where their ‘survival kit’, which was developed in very harsh conditions, allowed them to thrive with great ease. That is why the Tropics were not where primates were made, but rather it is where they diversified explosively because, compared to the north, life there was much easier and they had a large amount of food. In short, the tropics were a refuge for biodiversity, but the spark that makes us primates was lit in the cold. Change the rules of the game. In addition to seeing the past differently with this new study, it also forces us to look at the future differently. Specifically, understanding how species moved between thermal niches over millions of years is vital to predicting how today’s primates will respond to climate change. global warming accelerated. But it also lets us see that if primates have an important history of resistance to cold and seasonal scarcity, it opens the door to our own ability as humans to colonize all corners of the planet as a form of evolution. Images | Anthony In Xataka | Human evolution has not stopped: in fact, there are reasons to think that it is more accelerated than ever

Five original devices and accessories to give to a techie for Christmas

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What gift this time for Christmas? Many times we run out of ideas, so it is always good to receive a little help. If you are still missing some (or some) gifts to buy for a technology lover, in this article we are going to review five original ideas to hit the nail on the head. Muse M-132 WM by 39.66 euros when added to cart, a portable cassette player. elago W6 by 15.99 eurosan accessory to “convert” an Apple Watch into an iPod. Elgato Stream Deck Neo by 69.99 eurosan accessory that serves both for gaming and productivity. Cup warmer by 20.98 eurosan ideal device for coffee or tea lovers. Unitree Go2 Air by 2,595 eurosa robot dog with artificial intelligence functions. Muse M-132 WM Perhaps the new generations don’t know it or find it strange, but those of us who already had gray hair used cassette tapes to listen to music. If the person you want to give a gift to has some tapes collecting dust and you want to liven them up, El Corte Inglés has this portable player Muse M-132 WM by 39.66 euros. This is a Private Sale offer, so to see this price you must first register in the store and add the player to the cart. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links elago W6 Continuing with old devices, iPods were very useful devices, but unfortunately they were forgotten after many years accompanying us listening to music. It’s not an iPod, but if the person you have to give the gift to has an Apple Watch, the elago W6 allows you to “turn” it into the Apple music device to recharge the watch. yes really This is a portable charger which, according to the brand, is compatible with all Apple Watch series. Its price in this case is 15.99 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Elgato Stream Deck Neo He Elgato Stream Deck Neo It is an accessory that is more oriented towards gaming and broadcasting, but the truth is that, as we already mentioned in Xatakait’s also perfect for productivity. By 69.99 euroswe are talking about an accessory with eight LCD keys that allows set shortcuts, switch apps and much more. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Cup warmer There are few things like having a good, warm coffee in the middle of winter. To prevent it from cooling, a cup warmer like Accwork’s, which also costs only 20.98 euros. It has three temperature settings (maximum up to 85 ºC) to maintain the temperature of the coffee or tea, turns off automatically If we go 10 minutes without placing the cup, it has memory functions depending on the type of cup and has a timer. Accwork Mug Warmer The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Unitree Go2 Air If you feel (very) generous and want to give him a gift techie to someone who has been extremely good this year, MediaMarkt has on offer the Unitree Go2 Aira quadruped robot (or robot dog) that includes a battery, is capable of carrying objects weighing up to 10 kg (7 kg is recommended at most), incorporates 12 joint motors, 3D LIDAR sensors and intelligent detection and avoidance. Its autonomy is one to two hours and its price is 2,595 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Muse, elago, Elgato, Accwork, Unitree In Xataka | The best mobile phones (2025), we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | Best sports watches with GPS. Which one to buy and most recommended models from 199 euros to 749 euros

How to create original Christmas 2025 greetings to send via WhatsApp

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Let’s tell you how to create christmas greetings for WhatsAppso you can surprise family and friends with something original. This way, you will be able to send more original and personalized images, something that shows that there is a little more to it than forwarding that trite thing that you find in hundreds of groups. In this article we are going to focus on two ways to do it. First, we are going to tell you how to create your own congratulations with different tools to do it. Then, we will go on to tell you a list of specific congratulations that you can find online, whether formal, fun, or aimed at specific types of people. Once you have the greeting created, you will be able to download it to your mobile and all you have to do is send it to whoever you think is appropriate. In addition, they are congratulations that you can use to send in any other application. How to create Christmas greetings We are going to start by telling you several methods to create a Christmas greeting on your own, and thus ensure that you can make it as personalized as possible. Here, we will use tools ranging from artificial intelligence even other classics like canva or Microsoft Designer. With Canva If you want to use Canva, you have several options available. First you have to enter canva.comand in its index you can use several methods. You can use your designs, use Canva’s many templates, or use Canva AI to describe what you want and have it generated for you. You can also do it from scratch, but this will take more time. In our tests, Canva’s AI was not able to generate a Christmas card. Therefore the best is use templates. Here, you will see that there are designs with text and images and others with photos. You will be able to personalize both the texts and the photos to add your own terms and expressions, or a photograph that gives it extra personalization. With artificial intelligence There are two ways to make congratulations with artificial intelligence. You can make it with an AI-generated image and text, or you can also make a greeting with a photo. This is the best method to do something unique and different beyond templates and images from the Internet. If you want to make a greeting with an image and text, even if the image is based on a photo, you can use ChatGPT, Gemini either Copilotanyone works for you. But if you want to use a real photo and modify it then the best option is Gemini, since at the moment it is the most reliable when it comes to handling them. Here, what you have to do is tell you that you want a Christmas greeting and include the text and description of the image that you want to use. For example, you can say the following: I want you to draw a Christmas card. Santa Claus must appear on his sleigh with gifts. The text “Merry Christmas” should appear above If you are going to use a photograph, you have to describe what you want specifying that I use the photo or the person in the photo that you have attached. If you use the person’s face, you can change their expressions to adapt them to the image you want to generate. You can make a prompt like this: Create a Christmas greeting using the photo I uploaded. You have to dress this person as Santa Claus, and below him include the text “Merry Christmas.” But here, the best thing is that experiment and test with the descriptions. Giving a good congratulation is not choosing the first one that comes out, the best thing is specify as much as possible what elements you want to appear and how you want them to do so. With Designer If you want to use Microsoft Designer, you also have several options. You will be able create from scratch by hand or with artificial intelligence the congratulations you want, but also edit templates or images with AI. There are no longer pre-generated templates, instead Designer invites you to create greetings with an AI. When you create a design with AI, you will be able to edit it. Here the best is create the image first and then edit it to add textsince if you add it with text you will not be able to change it. With free apps Lastly, you can also resort to some free applications to make congratulations on your mobile phone. Most likely, you don’t need these apps today, because with AI you can do everything, but we are still going to mention some: canva: Canva also has a mobile app adapted to your device, and you will be able to do everything we mentioned above. This on Google Play for Android and the App Store of the iPhone. Fotor: Another important and well-known application for editing photos, in which you will also find Christmas templates, effects and various design tools. This on Google Play for Android and the App Store of the iPhone. PicCollage: A fairly veteran app with which to create Christmas cards using photo collages. You have several templates, backgrounds, stickers and fonts to be able to customize them to the maximum. This on Google Play for Android and the App Store of the iPhone. Greetings Island: A simple application with a wide variety of Christmas card templates, and you will be able to customize them with photos, texts and stickers. This on Google Play for Android and the App Store of the iPhone. ElfYourself: A small application, in which you simply take a photo and with it an animated video is made showing you an elf video. This on Google Play for Android and the App Store of the iPhone. Christmas greetings to send on Whatsapp Although using templates to congratulate Christmas is a bit out of fashion in the … Read more

eight original tech (and non-tech) gifts to advance Christmas shopping

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There is very little left until the arrival of Christmas, so it is a good time to buy gifts. If this year you have to give a good gift, in this article we are going to review eight original ideas of tech and entertainment with which you can hit the nail on the head. Govee TV Backlight 3 Lite by 53.99 eurosa TV accessory with which to have a very different experience when watching movies and series. Ember 2 by 148.95 eurosa smart cup with temperature control. Sofa strip pro 34.43 eurosa power strip with several sockets. OutIn Nano by 119.99 eurosa portable coffee maker to make coffee anywhere. Rocketbook Core by 30.64 eurosa reusable notebook in A5 size. Playmobil from ‘The Fantastic Car’ by 59.97 eurosincludes three figures and lights and sounds. LEGO from ‘Home Alone’ by 299.99 eurosa set with many traps hidden inside. Donkey Kong Game & Watch by 125 eurosa second-hand console of the iconic character. Govee TV Backlight 3 Lite Philips Ambilight technology can offer a very different experience when watching movies and series, which is why some brands have tried to get closer to it through their devices. He Govee TV Backlight 3 Lite It is a pack that includes a strip of LED lights that is placed behind the television and a camera that captures the colors of the TV to reproduce them on the LED strip. It can be found for different prices depending on the size of the television: Govee TV Backlight 3 Lite for TVs 32 inches by 42.49 euros. Govee TV Backlight 3 Lite for TVs 40 – 50 inches by 45.49 euros. Govee TV Backlight 3 Lite for TVs 55 – 65 inches by 53.99 euros. Govee TV Backlight 3 Lite for TVs 75 – 65 inches by 72.99 euros. Govee TV Backlight 3 Lite The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Ember 2 The Ember 2 It is a curious smart cup that is capable of maintaining the temperature for a long time. Costs 148.95 eurosYeah; but it is very interesting for everything it offers: up to 90 minutes of constant heat (from 50 to 62.5 ºC) and is capable of maintaining the temperature. In addition, it can be paired to the mobile phone through the app to set the ideal temperature, personalize the settings or receive notifications. Of course, it can only be washed by hand. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Sofa strip Not everyone has an electrical outlet next to the sofa, so a good power strip can be very useful. The one of Brennenstuhl Not only is it beautiful thanks to its textile surface, but it can be placed on the sofa and has a good price of 34.43 euros. Furthermore, it incorporates two USB-A ports and an electrical outlet (European) and includes a three-meter long cable. Brennenstuhl power strip The price could vary. We earn commission from these links OutIn Nano For the most coffee lovers, on Amazon we can find the OutIn Nanoa portable coffee maker with which you can prepare coffee anywhere. By 119.99 euroswe are talking about a travel coffee maker that weighs only 670 grams and that, according to the brand, is capable of preparing coffee in 200 seconds. On the other hand, it incorporates a battery, it can be recharged in the car through a USB port and You can prepare ground coffee or capsules. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Rocketbook Core Beyond traditional notebooks, there are some very practical smart notebooks. He Rocketbook Corefor example, has a price of 30.64 euros and it is reusable, so using the erasable gel pen that is included we can erase what we have written to continue writing. Through your app we can send the written pages and view them on the mobileits cover is waterproof and the pages are A5 in size. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Playmobil from The Fantastic Car Playmobil has a good catalog of sets based on movies or series and the ‘The fantastic car It is now on sale for 59.97 euros. Includes lights and sounds, plus three character figures Michael Knight, Devon Miles and Bonnie Barstow. In addition, it is also worth mentioning that it comes with scenery in case we want to display it. Playmobil The Fantastic Car The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LEGO Home Alone Now that Christmas is coming it’s a good time to watch some movies like ‘Home Alone’. And what better than to do it together with him Home Alone LEGO set. Its price in the official store is 299.99 eurosconsists of 3,955 pieces, comes with five minifigures and can be opened to see the many traps inside. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Game & Watch If you want a good dose of nostalgia, be careful because on eBay we can find the Donkey Kong Game & Watch by 125 euros. It is expensive and not new (used, works and sold by TodoConsolas), but it is one of the few ways that can currently be purchased. It can be folded and has a similar format to the Nintendo DS. If you are interested, you can also find the Green House Game & Watch for a price of 135 euros. This is also a used console which, as mentioned in the store, may show signs of use. Nintendo Game & Watch Donkey Kong The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Image | Govee, Ember, Brennenstuhl, OutIn, Rocketbook, Playmobil, LEGO, Nintendo In Xataka | Capsules, automatic or manual. The best coffee makers according to your tastes and needs In Xataka | Ambilight technology and alternatives: buying guide for LED systems to create ambient lighting on the … Read more

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